While previous research has shown that nervous tissue does emit biophotons via metabolic activity—and that entanglement ...

A computer chip brain implant allows paralysed motor neurone disease patients to communicate by reading their minds. Currently, people suffering from paralysing conditions can communicate only by ...

Every multicellular organism, from tiny worms to humans, elephants, and whales, needs a way for their cells to connect with each other to form tissues, organs, and organize their overall body plan.

A brain-computer interface allowed two people who had lost the ability to move their limbs to type at speeds of up to 22 words per minute ...

New research by an international team, including researchers at the University of Washington, reveals that Aedes aegypti mosquitoes (such as the one ...

Scientists have discovered that male fireflies in a South Carolina swamp follow local interaction rules to synchronize their flashing mating displays. The research is being presented at a meeting of ...

Scientists created an artificial neuron that operates at the same voltage as living cells and is able to communicate with the human brain.

Specific neurons in the motor cortex of the brain are linked to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Frontotemporal ...

A new study from Scripps Research reveals how a key touch-sensing protein detects mechanical forces with remarkable precision. Each time something lightly presses against your skin, specialized sensor ...

Those bizarre sea creatures that light up like carnival rides are actually ctenophores, which have an ancient brainlike ...

The results of newly reported preclinical research indicate that a genetic mutation that helps animals including yaks and Tibetan antelopes survive at high altitudes may hold the key to repairing ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) belong to a spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases with overlapping symptoms, characterized by muscle wasting, paralysis, dementia ...